GiveDirectlySend money directly to the extreme poor.
Evidence
Earnings
+34%
Assets
+58%
Hunger
–42%
Our impact on recipient households has been documented by a rigorous third-party experimental evaluation (RCT), considered the gold standard for evidence. Read more [pdf]
Performance
91%
We're averaging $0.91 per dollar placed directly in the hands of the poor. Read more
What We Do
We deliver payments electronically and use advanced tools to manage logistics and fraud. See how we do it
Evidence
4
Evaluations underway or completed
We address policy questions that keep emerging-market leaders up at night. Studies in progress examine the optimal design and macroeconomic impact of transfers. Read more
Tweets
Performance
Performance relative to target (click to verify)
the number of households a field officer visits per day, relative to a target of 12 Verify this [csv]
the percent of questions about GiveDirectly that recipients answer correctly, relative to a target of 100%
the average time from census to token payment, normalized to a target of 63 days Verify this [csv]
the percent of recipients we reach by phone for follow up, relative to a target of 100% Verify this [csv]
We publish our internal unedited performance data. This month, productivity and follow up dipped as we concentrated on hard-to-reach households and transitioned to new regions.
Discussion
We have recently begun inviting donors from a variety of backgrounds to reflect on “why I give directly.” To start off the series, we have a post from Jake Stein, cofounder of Philadelphia-based data analytics software company, RJMetrics. Read more about why Jake gives directly.